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The Protocols function enables you to create and search for an existing protocol. When you click the Protocols option on the caNanoLab menu bar, the Manage Protocol page appears .On the Manage Protocol page, the Protocol Links panel lists with the following options:.
Submitting Create a New Protocoldisplays the page to enter protocol information and submit the protocol.
Info title My Workspace Once you submit a protocol, the protocol is added to My Workspace for quick access.
Searching Existing Protocols displays the page to perform a search of an existing protocol.
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You can also perform the following functions with a protocol.
- Share a protocol and make it public
Bookmark a protocol in My Favorites
a keyword search using the Search box in the upper-right of the caNanoLab window. This option searches across protocols, samples, AND publications. For more information, see Performing a caNanoLab Keyword Search.From Sample Search Results tables, you can add a sample to the My Favorites page. This is like bookmarking a sample for quick access.
Description of a Protocol
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Creating a Protocol
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To create To submit a new protocol
Click the Protocols caNanoLab menu option. On the Manage Protocols Home page, click the Submit Create a New Protocol link. This opens the Submit Create Protocol formpage.
Tip Include Page Other options Other options The following table lists and describes the fields on the Submit a Create Protocol page. Enter and select the appropriate information as needed. Items with an asterisk are required.
and Changing Access to a ProtocolName Description Protocol Type*
Include Page Protocol type Protocol type Protocol Name*
Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.
Protocol Abbreviation
Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.
Protocol Version
Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.
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Enter File URLClick the Browse button to navigate to the protocol to be associated with the protocol, or enter the URL where the protocol is located.
File Title
Enter the title of the protocol file.
Description
Enter any additional description information that the form does not include.
Access to the Protocol For more information, see Sharing a Protocol with a User or Group or Making the Protocol Public. To clear the entries and start again, click Reset.
When you finish defining the protocol, click Submit Save.
Info title My Workspace Once you submit save a protocol, it is listed on the My Workspace page where you can manage all of your submitted protocols, and view any protocols that a user has shared with you. For more information, see Using My Workspace.
Editing a Protocol
You can edit a protocol using the following techniques:
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The Protocol Update page opens when you click the Edit link corresponding to a protocol listed in Protocol Search Results. The page displays all of the information for a protocol entered when the protocol was created in caNanoLab (Submitting a Protocol). With appropriate permissions, you can edit the title, description, and visibility of a protocol in this dialog box.
The following table lists and describes the fields. An asterisk indicates a required field. Click Update when you are done editing the Protocol. To disregard the changes, click Reset.
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Protocol Type*
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Protocol Name*
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.
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Protocol Abbreviation
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Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.
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Protocol Version
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.
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Click Browse to navigate to the protocol to be associated with the protocol, or enter the URL where the protocol is located.
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Enter any additional description information that the form does not include.
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Sharing and Changing Access to a Protocol
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Deleting a Protocol
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This action deletes the protocol from the caNanoLab database, executed behind the scenes at a scheduled time. |
To delete a protocol, perform a search, find the protocol that you want to delete, and click Edit in the first column of the the Protocol Search Results page. The Update Protocol page opens. From the Update Protocol page, click Delete in the lower-left corner of the window. Confirm the deletion.
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You can access this page after logging into caNanoLab or you can access publicly-available sample protocols from the Login page.
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public home page.
To launch a search for a specific protocol
There are three ways to access the basic protocol search: From the public home page Browse caNanoLab panel, or if you are logged in, click the Workflow menu option and Search Protocols icon, or just click the Protocols menu optionClick the Protocols menu.
The Manage Protocols page displays.Click Search Existing Protocols in the Sample Links panel.
Info title Note When defining search criteria, there are no required fields. You can add only those parameters that you consider essential to the search. If you do not define any search criteria, all the protocols will be found.
The Protocol Search page displays.
The following table lists and describes the fields. Enter text or select criteria as appropriate.
Name Description Protocol Type
Include Page Protocol type Protocol type Protocol Name
Enter a partial or complete name of the protocol. Select Contains (for partial text) or Equals (for an exact search) from the dropdown list.
Protocol Abbreviation
Enter a partial or complete name of an abbreviation assigned to the protocol.
Protocol File Title
Enter the name of the protocol file title.
To clear the values and start again, click Reset to clear the search criteria.
Click Search to launch the search.
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Once you submit a search for a protocol (Searching Existing Protocols), search results display in the caNanoLab screen. Results show pertinent protocol information defined in Submitting Creating a Protocol.
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The number of items located in the search display appears in the the upper-left of the search results table. The bottom right of the search results table enables you to navigate to pages. To return to the Search page, click the Back ( |
The following table lists and describes each column of the search results.
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| Action | Click View in the first column to display the protocol in a PDF file.
Click + Add to Favorites to add a bookmark for the protocol on your My Favorites tab. Added to Favorites appears in the column when the protocol is successfully added.
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Protocol Name | Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name. | ||||||||||
Protocol Version | Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number. | ||||||||||
Protocol Abbreviation | Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name. | ||||||||||
Protocol File | The Title and Description of the protocol are listed. Click View to download the protocol file. The column is empty when there is no protocol file associated with the Protocol. | ||||||||||
| Created Date | Indicates the date on which the protocol was added. |
Editing a Protocol
You can edit a protocol from the protocol search results.
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Once data is made Public, you can update the data, but it will be retracted from Public and you will need to resubmit it to the curator again for review. |
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The Protocol Update page opens when you click the Edit link corresponding to a protocol listed in Protocol Search Results. The page displays all of the information for a protocol entered when the protocol was created in caNanoLab (Creating a Protocol). With appropriate permissions, you can edit the title, description, and visibility of a protocol in this dialog box.
The following table lists and describes the fields. An asterisk indicates a required field. Click Update when you are done editing the Protocol. To disregard the changes, click Reset.
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| Upload OR Enter File URL | Click Browse to navigate to the protocol to be associated with the protocol, or enter the URL where the protocol is located. | ||||||
| File Title | The title of the protocol file. | ||||||
| Description | Enter any additional description information that the form does not include. | ||||||
| Access to the Protocol | For more information, see Sharing a Protocol with a User or Group or Making the Protocol Public. |
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This action deletes the protocol from the caNanoLab database, executed behind the scenes at a scheduled time. |
To delete a protocol, perform a search, find the protocol that you want to delete, and click Edit in the first column of the the Protocol Search Results page. The Update Protocol page opens. From the Update Protocol page, click Delete in the lower-left corner of the window. Confirm the deletion.
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The caNanoLab My Favorites menu option displays samples, protocols, and publications that you bookmark for quick access.
To add a protocol to My Favorites
- Perform a protocol search.
- Find From the search results, find the protocol that you want to bookmark and click . Click + Add to Favorites in the first column of the Protocol Search Results row.
The Added to Favorites message appears in the results row. - Click the My Favorites option in the caNanoLab menu bar, and the bookmarked protocol is listed under My Protocols.
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